a housing complex opened this morning in the city's south market neighborhood. aiming to help homeless veterans get back on their feet. we have christie smith right now with the look at the project. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. the open house is getting under way as we speak. this is the room where a lot of folks right now are mingling. among them, homeless veterans coming to check it out. it's new and bright and offers a lot of services that they need to get by and soon they call it home for good. >> being able to have the responsibility of keeping a roof over my head, which is a great blessing to me. >> reporter: army veteran ron jones is living on treasure island. what he is looking forward to most is moving. >> this is for our vets. it will be veteran oriented and a lot of other vets around me. this is a whole different vibe. i have my own bathroom and my own kitchen. it's really exciting. >> reporter: this is veterans commons in san francisco where jones and 75 other homeless disabled vets will call home. clean studio with a kitchen and bat